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  • Market for operator panels to recover as OEMs and SIs die

    ARC says the current economic situation has resulted in consolidation among companies that buy operator panels. For example, in 1988 there were roughly 30,000 OEMs and system integrators in the auto industry; by 2000, there were 5,600 suppliers left.
    11 January, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • BP validates storage tank protection systems via wireless

    Emerson wireless temperature transmitters measure floating roof temperatures at BP Exploration’s Dalmeny onshore terminal.
    By: Emerson
    06 January, 2010 | 3 minutes
  • ABB to automate mill and pipe production plant in Saudi Arabia

    ABB will supply a System 800xA control system, plus a switchgear substation, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, motors and variable-speed drives.
    By: ABB
    06 January, 2010 | 1 minutes
  • Mustang promotes Richard Seale to president

    Don Colchin, president, retired December 31, 2009. Richard Seale, manager of projects for the business unit, succeeds Colchin as president.
    05 January, 2010 | 1 minutes
  • Brooks Instrument updates web site

    Web site provides information about Brooks Instrument’s products, as well as access to Brooks experts who can help solve customers’ flow, pressure and level challenges.
    By: Brooks Instrument
    05 January, 2010 | 1 minute
  • Elecsys acquires SensorCast

    SensorCast, located in Lenexa, Kansas, provides integrated data collection and reporting solutions to the pipeline and energy exploration industries.
    05 January, 2010 | 2 minutes
  • European Commission allows more time to meet new safety standards

    The extension provides an additional 24 months for machine builders to meet the new standards, EN ISO 13849-1 and EN/IEC 62061.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    05 January, 2010 | 1 minutes
  • Hayward Tyler overhauls pumps at Dutch power plant

    Hayward Tyler overhauled three boiler circulation pumps for N.V. Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid (EPZ) at their solid fuel fired power plant in The Netherlands.
    23 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • PIDTutor publishes Split-Range Control Book

    By George Buckbee, the book shows how to design, implement, and troubleshoot split-range controls. Book covers everything from valve set-up and calibration to split-range controller tuning, and compensation for non-linearities. 30 pages of details and color diagrams. Price: $14.95.
    21 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Sensors Expo to co-habit with Embedded Systems Conference

    2010 Sensors Expo & Conference and the Embedded Systems Conference Chicago will share space in Chicago, June 7-9, 2010.
    21 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Economic outlook for manufacturing sector in 2010

    In general terms, FMA says 2010 will be better than 2009. GDP growth will be in the range of 2% to 3% and that is far superior to the negative numbers registered in the last year.
    21 December, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Eastern European automation market entering 21st century

    In the former communist countries in this region, almost all the privatised old factories have outdated technology that needs to be modernised.
    21 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • GE Intelligent Platforms tracks GE turbines

    Turbine monitoring and diagnostic platform uses Proficy Historian, Proficy SOA, Proficy Workflow and Proficy CIMPLICITY software to track more than 1,100 units.
    By: GE Digital
    17 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Yokogawa to control combined cycle power plant in Trinidad

    Yokogawa will provide a CENTUM control system, ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System, Exaquantum Plant Information Management System, and PRM integrated device management software.
    By: Yokogawa Corporation of America
    15 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Mouser publishes virtual catalog

    Mouser’s e-catalog can be accessed by anyone who downloads the free Silverlight plug-in for IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Safari, Opera, or Chrome
    10 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Siemens to automate algae biofuels production

    Siemens will supply a Simatic S7-300 controller and Micromaster drives to Renewed World Energies to automate its new Georgetown County, S.C., facility.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    08 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Wireless network runs pumps at Dyno Nobel

    Emerson's Smart Wireless network has replaced hardwired high-temperature trip protection on 20 hazardous duty chemical pumps at the Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant in Missouri.
    By: Emerson
    08 December, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly

    ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.
    08 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Dickson offers free FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Checklist

    Quick reference guide helps users integrate FDA-compliant data loggers and chart recorders into full-compliance best practices.
    By: Dickson
    03 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Frost & Sullivan says Europeans love Industrial Ethernet in new plants

    The European Industrial Ethernet Market will reach $307.12 million by 2015, but end users are only willing to employ industrial Ethernet technologies in new projects or in Greenfield applications.
    02 December, 2009 | 3 minutes
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